USVA is one of the categories of the 'Vishwakarma Awards' which aims to motivate, recognize, and honour the AICTE approved institutions to raise their performance in their specific domain.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has opened the portal for submission of USVA 2020 applications. USVA or Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Awards is meant for students and institutes approved by AICTE institutes. The award will recognize and honour the innovations by students displaying exceptional skills in different categories.

USVA is one of the categories of the 'Vishwakarma Awards' which aims to motivate, recognize, and honour the AICTE approved institutions to raise their performance in their specific domain.

"The Vishwakarma Awards are inspired by the spirit of engineering and creation patronized by Lord Vishwakarma, the ruling deity of construction practices in India. As per Rigveda, Lord Vishwakarma is considered to be deity who is the original creator, architect and divine engineer of the universe."

The awards are meant to provide a platform for stakeholders to identify challenges faced by the society and provide innovative and low cost solutions.

The Awards are not merely a competition, AICTE has clarified, but is a way to encourage the students, faculties, and institutions to bring about sustainable solutions for everyday problems.

This year the theme for the USVA award is 'India Fights Corona'. Accordingly, institutions who have initiated all kinds of steps to ensure that the spread of virus is slowed down or stopped and have helped their society or Authorities by providing their helping hand during the lockdown period through the conduct of awareness programmes, free Counselling, tele-support, manufacturing/providing hand sanitizers, masks, shelter/food/materials for the needy, developing e-material for managing online classes, educating school students, involving in development of essential solutions, etc. in their bid to Government efforts in fighting COVID-19, can send their nominations.